It is increasingly obvious that the Bells should stop fooling around with television and instead focus on selling bandwidth…. a lot of it, for a premium price and make their numbers accordingly. It is a trend that is spreading across the world, and it should be the best defense against the cable companies. The problem is that instead of getting faster pipes rolled out, the phone companies are mucking around with television stuff, which is harder and more expensive, giving cable companies a chance to pick-up voice customers.